Common Core Reading Informational Text Standard 7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
Technology standards
Identify examples of accurate and inaccurate information found online.
Determine the author's purpose prior to selecting an online resource, (i.e., inform, persuade, entertain, ect.)
Realizes that conflicting facts are found in different sources and understands the terms accurate, relevant, bias, and comprehensive.
Recognizes facts, opinions, and point of view and sometimes determines when it is appropriate in one’s own work.
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Common Core Writing Standard 6 and Common Core Writing History & Science Standard 6 and Common Core Speaking & Listening Standard 5 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
Technology standards
Students will peer-evaluate each other’s products in Google Drive and provide feedback by effectively utilizing the Comments section.
Gather information from an online collaboration site and compile the results for others to view.
Use iMovie to produce a short video based off a lesson.
Respect copyright/intellectual property rights of creators and producers and follow the ethical and legal guidelines in gathering and using information.
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Common Core Writing Standards 2a, 7 & 8 and Common Core Writing History & Science Standard 8 Introduce a topic: organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension. Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation. Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Technology standards
Students will be able to find, evaluate, and select appropriate online sources to answer questions on their own.
Students will be able to decipher between primary and secondary sources found on the Internet.
Students will recognize alternative systems for organizing and accessing information. (e.g., archives, government sources, digital collections, databases, Google Scholar, ect.)
Independently refines electronic searches as needed.
Students will construct appropriate bibliographic citations for research papers including all required formatting.
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Common Core Reading History Standard 7 Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
Technology standards
Use government online data to analyze and make predictions (e.g., the federal census records to analyze ethnic diversity).
Analyze graphs and charts to assist in the development of research projects.
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Common Core Speaking & Listening Standard 2 Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
Technology standards
Demonstrate adaptability by changing the inquiry focus, questions, resources, or strategies when necessary to achieve success when searching online.
Display emotional resilience by persisting in information searching despite challenges.
Display persistence by continuing to pursue information online to gain a broad perspective.
Utilize interviews and sources to collaborate and share information using multiple sources of technology.
Common Core Reading Informational Text Standard 7
Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person’s life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
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Common Core Writing Standard 6 and Common Core Writing History & Science Standard 6 and Common Core Speaking & Listening Standard 5
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.
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Common Core Writing Standards 2a, 7 & 8 and Common Core Writing History & Science Standard 8
Introduce a topic: organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation.
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and following a standard format for citation.
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Common Core Reading History Standard 7
Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text.
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Common Core Speaking & Listening Standard 2
Integrate multiple sources of information presented in diverse media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) evaluating the credibility and accuracy of each source.
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